page_title: Turkey national football team
section_title: 2006 FIFA World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Turkey national football team / History / 2006 FIFA World Cup
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Match amical de l'équipe de France de football, au stade Gerland à Lyon, contre la Turquie (résultat final&#160;: 1-0 pour la France, but sur penalty de Karim Benzema).
context_page_description: The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in men's international football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. The team represents both FIFA and UEFA.
  Turkey has qualified three times for the FIFA World Cup, in 1950, 1954, and 2002, although they withdrew from the 1950 event. Turkey has also qualified five times for the UEFA European Championship, in 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, and 2020. They have reached the semi-finals of three major tournaments: the 2002 World Cup, the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, and Euro 2008. After their third-place finish at the 2002 World Cup, which marked a high point in Turkish football history, Turkey occupied a spot in the top ten of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time since the rankings were introduced in December 1992.
context_section_description: The Turkish team once again narrowly missed out on the World Cup finals after failing to win a play-off, this time on away goals against Switzerland, again after finishing second in their group. There were scenes of violence after the game on and off the pitch where the Turkish team brawled with Swiss players down the tunnel.
caption: Turkey against France on 5 June 2009.
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